Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 863 › Conversation 863-002

United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and Oval Office

Friday, February 23, 1973 · 2:36 PM–9:50 PM ET · Oval Office · 26 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation863-002 on Tape 863StartFriday, February 23, 1973 at 2:36 PMEndSaturday, February 24, 1973 at 9:50 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 863-002 ↗

AI Summary

This recording captures a discussion between United States Secret Service agents, likely within the Oval Office, concerning an assessment of their work. The exact participants and the specifics of the assessment remain unclear due to the limited information available in the transcript and finding aid. No significant decisions or action items are discernible from the provided context.

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He says all the time.

NARA Description

United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 2:36 pm on February 23, 1973 and 9:50 pm on February 24, 1973. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 863-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 863-2

Date: Unknown between February 23 and 24, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:36 pm, Feb. 23, 1973 and 9:50 pm, Feb. 24, 1973
Location: Oval Office

An unknown person [Executive Protective Service (EPS)?] talked with an unknown man.

       Assessment of work [?]

An unknown person talked with an unknown man at an unknown time between 2:36 pm, Feb.
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                            Conversation No. 863-2 (cont’d)

23, and 9:50 pm, Feb 24, 1973.

[Conversation No. 863-2A]

       Unknown person’s location [?]

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 863-002, February 23, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/863-002 (accessed October 1, 2026).